Mercury motor



SF. C. BAER. MERCURY MOTOR.

I APPucAnoN man MAR. 13. |922'. l v 1,414,322. Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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F. c. BAIER. MERCURY MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. L3. i922.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 2l F. c. HAIER. MERCURY MOTOR. Y

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13| 1922.

Patented' Apr. 25, 1922.

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F. C. BAIER.

MERCURY MOTOR.

APPLIQATION FILED MAR. l3| |922.

1,414,322, Patented'Apr. 25, 1922.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

Fi c. BMEB. MERCURY MOTOR. APPLICATION, FILED MAR. I3. i922.

1,411 4,322. Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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To @ZZ whom t maycmwern:

Be it known that LFREDERICK C. BAIER,

a citizen `of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cool:` and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and use-y ful Improvements inl Mercury Motors, of which the following is a specification, refer# ence being had therein to the accompanying drawing. f

This inventionrelates to motors'and more particular to `that type of motors in which a A iluid is projected underpressure against a wheel of turbine type. Illy object in producf ing a motor o f the character hereinafter debroken away,

scribed has been essentially to provide la simple and Vefficient machine having a wide range of adapt ability,.`which may be oper-.

ated at a minimum cost and withouttlie dis' agreeable features found in most motors. -In fact, the motor has been designed :and tested afprimary vobject and also with a view to producing a motor atf'low initialcost and which can be operated-Where'theusually ein-y l ployed fuels are not availablej` It has alsoy been my object Vin constructing this invention'to provideiainotor which is extremely'powerful in Lproportion to its size and which runs'noiselessly and witliout any disagreeable features such as areattendant upon the use of hydrocarbon motors, steam motors and the like.v Y

Inl attaining :these objects I have also sought 'and have produceda motor which does not produce any iev hazai'ds'aiid is immune inV its actioiito temperature and atinosplieric changes.- f

' CStill another object-of the invention is the provision of motor in which the exhaust may be utilized for? various purposes wherel small power may be employed such as ruiining advertising `or displaynovelties.

I have enumerated some ofthe principal objects of the invention but 'it willbe found upon' reading the accompanying specific deview,

Y Figure 2 isaside "elevation with' parts Figure l is ja vertical transverse sectionalV =coiiiinunicatingwith the opening inthe pipeV Figure 7'` is a detail bottom plan View of the rotor, and Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view illust-ran ingone means of utilizing the exhaust.

plan rview sp-emmen of Leie-rs' fateli- Patented. Api?. 25, .1922.. Y 1 Applicationy inea Maren 13, iezaseriai no. 543,389; l *l l eferriiig more particularly' to the .i

ings, l 'represents a base 'which -is'substan tially annular yinv outline andis provided with adepending supporting flange 2 which carries the weight of the-.motor onj asup-Y port." 'The base lis provided with ap'eiiphf eral outstanding flange 3 andanA inwardly vprojejctiing flange t'deiininga central open-A V'-ing lthrough which the power shaft tobe .hereinafter desc'ribedpasses. A f

Arranged around upon. the interior ofjtlie baseand spaced at quartering interv'alsfas i ..80 Y which are open at their .upper ends as showiif and .which are connected 4through pipes? to indic'atedin Figure', aresuitable cups 6 a source o'f'air supply through the 'pipe 8.1

This pipe 8 is centrally connected to a valve casing. 9 by means ofalvalve v cap l0which is removably lsecured to the undersideof the casing-9 bythe screws ll so that access mayf be readily had.- to the valve for purposes of .inspection and repair when necessary'.l

Resting upon. the flange Band Vsecured thereto by the bolts l2 *isV the ejector-plate 13"V having a plurality of nozzles ora-.ejector ports let"arranged in series and located im- Y mediately above each of thel cups 6i.' yThese openings,- as will `be noted from anv inspection of Figures l and 5, haveilared lower i ends'l and .restricteddischarge exits' 16 which extend diagonally as shown in 'Figure 5`so1'as to direct'thefluid"discharged therethrough'at 'a tangent toy the underface of the rotor as will be hereinafter described.1 i

The pipes 7', as shown in F igureslfand 2,1 have transverse` openings in.- their ends4 j through :which pass the hollow coupling or connecting members 1.7 "each having: a port and a clampingheading 18 at tlieii-ffii'iner endswhich ispassed through` and serves tov clamp the flexible bags or tubes 1S to the bottom of the cups 6 so as to prevent any escape of air at this point. Y The outerends of the members 17Y are threaded to receive the clamp nuts 19 Which serve to dravvthe heads 18 tightly against the bag as will beY l readily understood.

ln Figure 1 I have shown the bags partiallyiinflatedY and fin Figure 2 they are completely deflated and'when in this latter posif ytion'the cups are practically filled with mererally indicated atv 20.

cury so that upon inflation' of the bag the mercury is discharged through the ports 14 against the blades of the rotor, which is gen- .'Ihis rotor is substantially disc-like in outline and is provided withl an inclinedupper i surface and at its periphery with a Weighted ment, which is preferably thecup of the margin 21 so that it acts in the nature of a l fly Wheel when placed'in motion thus overcoming any inertia during inactiveperiods VAof the mercury against its vanes.- The Weight 21 is annular in outline but is cut awayv at intervalsr to produce channels 22 which are provided in case the vmercury shouldbe splashed on top of the rotor it could readily .gain access to the plate 13 and flow back into the cups 6 as Willbe readily understood. Thelower faceof the rotor is provided with two depending` annular liangesV 23 VVand 24: between Which are arranged a series of vanes or turbine .blades 25 extending radially. and constructedand formedy as indicated in Figure 5 soas to form pockets into Which the mercuryis discharged. Y

j Y Over 'the ejector plateand secured to the flanges 3 by the boltsv 12 is a cap plate or cover 2G which is provided in its center 'rfith a bearingboss '27 having one element of a.

ballbearing 28 secured therein. This elebearing,r also holdsin position a. packing 29 Which retains the lubricant Aaround the bearing in an effective manner. Passing through the boss 27 is the driving shaft 30 `which has keyed to it vthe rotor 2O and which carries thev opposite member 31 of the upper ball bearing. The shaft also carries a cone 32 of the lower ball bearing, the cup 33. of 'this bearing being held in a central boss which isy formed integral with the ejector plate as is clearly shown in Figure l.

"Thelowerend of the drive shaft 3G-is bifurcated, as shown Vat 3l,to'receive the4 extended teuon 35 formed on the upper end of the valve. stem 36. -This valvje steml passes through. a packing. 37 placed in the Yupper end yof the valvecasing 9 and carries at its lower end t-he 'valve 38 which is retained Within the valve casing .by the ycap 10 and has bearing upon its-'upper surface againstaseriesbf balls or. anti-frictionmembers 39 which are provided totake up thrust produced by jthe 'pressure of the. air

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thereon. This valveis provided with Ya pair Y of diametrically opposite portsa() and /ll which communicate, asw'vill be readily understood, with. diametrically opposite pipes 7 Vwhen in the proper position.

As Will be readily seen from an inspec` tion of Figure 6 when the' ports 40 and V11 get'in communication Withdiametrically opl posite pipes 7 theair from the pipe 8 `will pass through the pipes '7 intothe tubes or bags 18 of opposite cups 6. VThese bags vbeing inflated Vsimultaneously the mercury resting Vupon each Will'be projected forciblyl through the dischargey ports` ll rand `prof jected against the blades or vanes. of the rotor which starts the rotation ofv this meniber. The rotor being keyed Yto the shaft 30 and this shaft` in turn being keyed to the valve stem t-he valve iscaused to rotate and thus alternately feed air from the source of air supply to opposite pairs of cups so. as to displace the mercury above the resilient bags or tubes therein. l

The valve 33 isalso provided with .a pair of ports 42and 43 arrangedV atsubstantially diametrically opposite points and Which confr nect With a common exhaust 'portela'leading 0 upwardlythrough rthe valve stern 36 and Vcommunicating With a similar port Ll5 in the drive shaft 30. l/Vhen the ports 4:01 andl1 are in register with diametrical'ly oppo-'V sitepipes the ports 4:2 and43 are in register with the pipes which are positioned at 909., AIn. other VWords, when one dia-V metrically oppositey pairY of Ypockets isY receiving air under pressure'from the pipe, 8.

the other diainetrically,opposite: pair YVis exhausting the air from their thenconnected?r i pockets by reason ofthe Weight. ofthe mercuryv Voperating to collapse the bags or tubes l. lny Figure 6 thc-ports lO and 411 vare shown between the diametrically opposite pairs of pipes and'with the port a2 just coming intok registry with Vone of the pipes?. .In this position the air under` pressure in the bag.

or tube vwhich is connected with that particular pipe Willbe exhausted through .the

port 42 and theport 415,. to be utilized in operating any suitable mechanism.Y When theport, 4t2 is fully in registry with one of" thepipesthe porta() will start toregister With another similar pipe at a 90' anglethereto, and'th'en the. port 43 will come into a i.

rotor at all times'.I f'

It will be*notice'dfrom an inspection 'ofrFigure llithatthe ejector plate is provided` .125k l that there kis a continuous andpositiveV Y lengagement of' thev fluid bodiesV with the with a peripheral upstanding' ange v46.Y

, ducted back to theV openings 14.

In 4order that the rotor may be shipped from place to vplace. without its mercury content thereby eliminating much additional weightand decreasingv the shipping cost I provide meanswhereby each pocket may be filled with the required amount of mercury by drilling aV hole through the. depending flange of the cover and through the flange 46 of the injector 'plateA` and then closing this opening by a suitable screw threaded' plug 47.

As will be readily appreciated from what has gone before the tubes or bags 18 in diametrically opposite cups are alternately inf Hated by air pressure and alternately deflated by the weightof the mercury flowing back into the .cup -so that .there is produced` in the port 45fanl intermittentexhaust.

' This exhaust may be utilized in various different .fashionssuch 4 as, `for= instance, that disclosed in Figure 8 wherein the upperlend ofthe shaft 8O has secured theretoV aA disc 48 rotatable therewith and capable of sup# porting a number of articles of merchandise g to be displayedjrThe shaft 'inthis instance is alsofprovided withv a cylinder 49=in which a piston 50 is mounted. This piston is pro-v vided aty its upper end with a contact 51 whichis vadapted to be brought into engage-y ment -with each exhaust movement of theV bags 18V with arcontact 52of a lamp' circuit,

generally indicated at 5 3, and including' a source of. current. The cylinder is'provided with an exhaust port: 54 which allows the air in vthe cylinder to exhaust after ithas operi the light.

ated 4the piston. VWhenfthe air' has been entirely exhausted from they cylinder 49 through the port 54 the piston 50 drops and separates the Contact and thus-extinguishes 30 are. intermittently "illuminated and then thrown into darkness. g i

Figure 8 simply illustrates one form or one method ofk utilizing the-'exhaust air. Many ,others may beY devised'and I have contemplated many uses for this exhaust which have not been illustrated herein,

among which is the inflation of flexible fig'- ures or the operation of `dancing toys, etc.

'In Figure l I have shown va pulley l55 connected to the shaft 30 which may be"` i belted to any machinerywhich it -is desired p Y ,Y

` underside, se'paratediuidv bodies, and vmeans to operate and in Figure 5 I4 have shown removably keyed to the upper Vend of the shaft a phonograph disc. This simply'illustrates ltwo ways in which "the power of the desirable.l Y f It must alsobe notedl that althoughmthe machine: illustrated herein is for-.small workv that fbyjinc'reasingfthe fsize ofthe Amachu-1e -larged 4 Thus it will be seen thatv the articles of display rotating with Vthe shaft motor'may be-uti-lizedbut it will, ofcourse, beunderstood that this is a prime mover and thevfpowerftakenjoif" of' the'sh'aft 30 l may be utilizedV in .anyway :which is f foundi" and increasing the number of' fiuid v pistonsV employed the 'i power may V`be readily in.

creased and thev capacity `of--theL machine en'` s 'Infusingl the'l motor f. for advertising vwork Y.

or for driving' a phonograph record-'sup-v porting discgIY preferably; connectlthe pipe 8 with a storagetank ofair whichfmay be.

charged by an .ordinary *handff pump For where a great number-of motors are used inv any onecornmunity yc :ha'rged tanks'fc'ould be substituted for depleted ones in a manner whichis well'knowni'and which has beenV successfully adopted in the saleof `oxygen and.illuminatinggas. u- 1 g Y .It i will ybe noticedr thatl Vprojecting `the mercury against the'1 underface ofi the rotor as distinguishedlfr'om :projecting a fluidgon top of the rotor a great` dealA of Vthe weight of' the Hrotor is.: taken: Q olf fthe bearings and the. weightof the iuid againstj thefroton is entirely* eliminated'so" that fthefrotor oper. ates ymuch Vfreely-an( ifjfwith `an `,entire Y, elimi i nation :of: noises'` and* .'wh'e'ref the fexh'aust is' employed i for. .someA purpose similar1 to that. k-il-lustr'atedf in Figure, the sound oftheexy haust "whenthe motorfis inwoperationcan hardly be heard.v Itjwi-ll thusjbe seen that I havenot only provided-a veryceificientfand?v` noiseless motor "butonerinwhichthe costlof maintenance of voperation -isreduced to a the ltubes'o'r bags'lS asfa'fflexible piston and' to the' mercury bodyv asia fluid piston,1.but

sufficient specific gravity to rapidlyQreturn to lthe pockets when the pressureis released `from -beneath the ysamexandto deflate the tube or -bags can be l em tinuous pressure intermittently controlledv for projecting said vanes.

loyed equally well '1; f

I donot' wish'to be' limitedin any/sense to a ,fluid pistonzof mercury as any fluid `with 1 l. A motor comprising a rotor. having `jvanes, afluid body, and a source of con.-y

continuous pressure intermittently controlled l v'for projectingsaid bodiesfagainst said vanes. Y

Amotor comprisinga rotor operating in fa vhorizontal plane having vanes on lits for intermittently `projecting said bodies against saidvanes, I y Y l v I 4. A motor comprising a rotor `having Vfluid receiving venes, fluid bodies adapted ber, Va vmercury body, a'source of fluidunder pressure, .a flexible pistonsupporting the mercury body, and means for admitting the fluidunder pressure to theside ofthe flexibleV piston opposite the mercury body Where- Y fluid pistons .supported thereon, a source bythe mercury body is projected to operate the Vrotating member. lY v 6. A motor comprising a vanedrotor, separated flexible'pistons, mercury bodies supported upon said flexible pistons, a sourcefof fluid under ki pressure, and means for intermittently admitting the source of pressure to the side ofthe flexible pistons opposite to. the. mercury body whereby the mercury body is projected against the rotor; Y f

7. A motor comprising, a vanedrotor, a

' plurality of flexible pistons; separated VInercury bodiesv resting upon said pistons, a source of *fluidunder pressure', 'and means actuated. by kthe rotor for admitting said flu-id to the' sides "of, the piston opposite the mercury bodies for'fprojectingthe mercury bodies against the varies off-the rotor;

.8. A vmotor compr1sing-a-.vaned rotor, a plurality of flexible pistons, fluidbodies supportedibythe flexible pistons, va source of Huid under pressure adaptedto operate the n Vflexible pistons,v and means actuated by the rotor for intermittentlycausin the fluid under-pressure te operate'the flexible pistons.

9. AQ motor comprisingfluid pistons-andflexible pistons, meansy for raising theflexible-pistons to displace the fluid pistons, said fluid -pistons adapted to return. the Vflexible pistons to initial position when the means for actuating the flexible pistons is inactive.

1'0. A motor comprising fluid pistons and flexible pistons,'means for raising the flex-Y ible pistons to displace the fluid pistons, said Yfluid pistons adapted to return the flexible' 'pistons to initial position when the means for actuating the flexible pistons is inactive,

a rotor actuated by the displacement of the fluid piston, and means actuated by the' ro flexible pistons, means lforraising the flexible pistons to displacetlie fluid pistons, said fluid pistons adaptedfto 'returntheflexible for actuating the flexible. pistons isinactive, and a rotating member operatedupon placement ofthe fluid pistons.

dis-y Vpistons to initial .p.osition.when..the means 12. A motor comprising flexible pistons, `V

of' fluid under pressure'adz-apted to elevate the flexible pistons and displace the fluid pistons, al rotor actuatedby the displacement Vof the fluid pistons, a.source of fluid pressure, and a valve actuated by the rotor for j controlling the admission of thevfluid under pressure to the flexible pistons.

13. A motor comprising'flexiblepistons, a source of fluid pressureconnected to one sideof the pistons, fluid pistons. supported by the flexible pistons, and adapted to Ybev displaced upon movement yof the flexible' pistons, a rotor actuated `by the displace-V ment of the fluidr pistons, said fluidy pistons adapted to return the flexible pistons to norj mal position uponv .disconnection of the. source of fluid pressure from said flexible pistons, and means for conducting 'awayV the exhausted fluid. whenthe flexiblepistons .are

returned to normal position. ijf

flexible pistons,a source of air underpres'v flexiblepistons, said fluid pistons adapted to return the 4flexible pistons to Lnormal po- V sition when the air pressure is disconnectedY therefrom, and means for conducting away the air exhausted bythe returnbfY the flex-x ible pistons.

A 1.4. A `motor comprising. a plurality;

In testimony Whereofl affix my signature. t

FREDERICK C. BAVIER. 

